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Post by Opti on Jun 8, 2014 23:15:53 GMT -5
Mich, I think your cousin would do better if he looked for mechanics who have a few years or more under their belt. They already know if they like being mechanics and probably have an idea whether they'd be good at running a shop or like it. Someone new to being a mechanic and young is likely still figuring out whether they like doing the job. Feeling like your boss wants to groom you for something you don't even know you might want, could scare them off or prompt them to be the not chosen one by not being the good employee.
Just a thought.
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Post by bean29 on Jun 9, 2014 19:46:37 GMT -5
I'm wondering if that was done on purpose... Kinda, I knew there were misspellings, but as I said, couldn't run spell check and didn't feel like taking the time to look up how to spell proficcient. Yeah since we don't have spell check anymore and ie is my only choice at work, I no longer worry about spelling. Too bad, so sad.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Jun 10, 2014 0:43:06 GMT -5
I think it's a combination of both. While there are a lot of educated people who haven't learned any marketable skills, there are also a lot of employers who refuse to invest in their employees.
Employees have lost that sense of loyalty to employers. Used to be an employer would train you and you'd feel almost "indebted" to them and you'd stay and use that knowledge. Now people seem to take your training and use it to get a new job right away. We've had employees tell us they want to be drivers for us. So we help them get their CDL permit, train them in our trucks, drive them up for their behind the wheel exam, etc. Then a week after they pass they turn in their notice and go work somewhere else.
You better believe the next time a guy comes in and says they want to be a driver that we are going to tell them "great, let us know when you get your license" rather than bend over backwards to help them get their license.
Well, honestly, that problem can be solved by having agreements that the employee has to pay back the money spent on training if they leave within however long of getting trained. And if an unskilled guy gets a skill, then he should be getting a raise rather than expecting him to work for unskilled wages for the rest of his life. A lot of companies like to let employees get new skills and then act like the new skills and increased productivity never happened when they are writing the checks.
Employees aren't the only ones that don't have any loyalty. I can work hard for an employer to the point where I'm running my health (I have), but that won't stop them from kicking me to the curb if it helps their bottom line (also happened). And no matter how wonderful I think an employer is, I'm not ever going to stop keeping my eyes open and my skills up to date, because I know exactly where I stand with them.
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Post by formerroomate99 on Jun 10, 2014 1:06:45 GMT -5
If smoking pot is more important to somebody than having a decent job, then they don't deserve welfare.
When my father was in grad school, he grew a beard. This was the early 70's, so a beard had a certain connotation. When it came time to look for a job, he shaved his beard. I'm very thankful that my father had common sense and wasn't some lazy slug who was just looking for an excuse to not work.
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Post by michelyn8 on Jun 10, 2014 11:20:02 GMT -5
Sometimes I have to wonder about these employers that can't find people because based on who I deal with in different areas of my job, the people hired aren't the best and brightest just the slickest talkers. Semi-rant here: I work in accounting. I don't have a degree of any kind except a diploma from a secretarial school where I completed their program to become a Legal Secretary. I've worked in admin support (legal and general) since then and always had a knack for bookkeeping so kind of just progressed to what I do now because it was the only direction that interested me. I have always made a point to learn as much as I can about my job, areas related to my job, processes, etc. so I can do it well. Almost daily, I feel like I'm going behind others and correcting their issues, kicking stuff back because its not done as requested, etc. And this is stuff that is coming from people at higher levels and with more education that I have. Just today, we kicked back an invoice because the out of state vendor put sales tax on labor which is a no no in VA. I feel if they are going to work in our state, they should have at least verified whether that was allowable or not. I couldn't remember since its been years since I dealt with the issue but a quick search on Google gave me the answer from our state department of taxation. If I could do that, why couldn't they before it was sent. Its stuff like that - taking one or two extra steps to verify/confirm something, that others don't do that irk me most. Rant over. I put in extra effort but here I sit still justifying to my boss every other week why I should get a raise so he can again ask his boss if the client has approved the request they submitted two months ago (this has been going on since October and boss's boss only submitted a request to the client about 6-8 weeks ago but isn't pushing it). Oh, but I get lots of pats on the back. I'm sorry but after receiving only 1 increase in the 3.5 years I've been doing this job, those pats on my back mean nothing now. My living expenses have increased (gas, food, etc.) but my income hasn't. BUT even though I've been looking, I find nothing that comes close to paying what I make now or with benefits that cost as low as mine right now. At this point though, I'm willing to take a cut/increased commute in the hopes of securing a position where I can count on receiving at least annual COL increases and hopefully merit increases and work in an environment that isn't in the middle of a stinking (literally) chemical plant.
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